I guess I was not very clear in what I was saying.
As DNA use was brand new, the LE of that community where Jared was probably had little, if any knowledge about preserving DNA and the importance of proper procedures. The town where it happend has such few residents . I doubt it they had much in the line of any facilities for crime scene analysis.
Population in 2013 about 4000. Don't know what it was in 89
http://www.coldspring.govoffice.com/index.asp?SEC=248529A0-E63F-45BD-AB38-F7826CA19B56
Cold Spring wouldn't handle forensics of the investigation. It would be handed over to the county or the BCA for any type of forensics.